NUMBER: 40TITLE: Surrender
AUTHOR: Pamela Clare
STARTED: April 19, 2006
FINISHED: April 21, 2006
PAGES: 355
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: If Lord William Wentworth needed proof that he had tcome to the outermost edge of civilization, he need only look out his window.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Clare's lush historical romance takes readers to 1750s New York, where the three MacKinnon brothers, Jacobites sworn to free Scotland from British rule, have settled in exile. Iain MacKinnon and his two brothers, powerful Highland warriors trained in native American warfare, are falsely accused of murder and forced to take up the banner of their enemy King George in the French and Indian War. While on patrol, Iain rescues a Scots woman who calls herself Annie Burns from the French and Abenaki soldiers who raided her home. Annie, who hides a tragic past of family betrayal and indentured servitude, struggles with her newfound freedom and the mixed feelings she has for her saviors-so much like the Jacobite warriors who cut down her Loyalist father and brothers in battle. As Annie's ambivalence gives way to love, Clare (Ride the Fire) explores 18th-century religious and political conflict on both a personal and international scale. While her prose sports a hint of purple, believable characters, scorching chemistry and a convincing setting make this a worthy read.
REASON FOR READING: I've been eagerly awaiting Clare's next historical for months.
THOUGHTS: I wish more authors could mesh history with romance the same way Clare does. After waiting for months for this book to come out, I was not disappointed. I have yet to find another romance author who can blend actual history with steaming romance the way Clare does. Her lush narrative, addictive writing, and high-level research make her romance novels great reads from the first page. In this book, Clare talks about the Scottish Rangers that aided the Brits during the French and Indian war. I was amazed at the amount of detail and actual historical events she was able to include in this book. If it weren't for the steaming sex scenes, I would think that this book could be passed off as a regular historical fiction.
MISCELLANEOUS: I'm still not seeing why some women are attracted to men with hair down to their waists.
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): I have yet to decide.
RATING: 7/10 [Very Good]
CR: The Dewey Decimal System of Love by Josephine Carr
RN: Who knows.
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